Man from the South with Peter Lorre and Steve McQueen (1960)
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- čas přidán 6. 04. 2023
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960)
Season 5 Episode 15 - Man from the South
www.imdb.com/title/tt0508196/
In a Las Vegas casino, an unpleasant little man hopes to use a young man's wish to impress the young woman he has just met to pressure the young fellow into accepting a macabre bet.
After years of tireless academically-challenging research, I discovered that Roald Dahl (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) wrote this.
No matter how many times I watch Lorre act I believe he’s not acting..
Steve McQueen set a record back in 1973 for getting 2 million dollars up front for "Papillon".William Friedkin wanted McQueen for the movie "Sorcerer", which was his follow up to a little film called"The Exorcist". McQueen wanted the script rewritten to accommodate his then wife Ali McGraw. Friedkin said forget it and hired Roy Scheider instead. After the movie bombed Friedkin said he should have accepted McQueen's conditions. Francis Coppola offered McQueen the lead in "Apocalypse Now"but didn't wanna pay McQueen's 3 million asking price because he had already agreed to pay as much to Brando. Coppola then offered McQueen a supporting role of only three weeks work. McQueen said OK, that would come 1 million dollars a week. Coppola said no thanks and the role went Robert Duvall.
R.I.P To A Great Actor Steve McQueen, Still Miss You Always 😢
This what Hitch called a classic 'water cooler' episode. He liked his TV shows to have shocking ending that everyone would talk about the next day, for instance around the office water-cooler. This was not typical of his films but his own idea for doing great tv.
The absolute BEST one of all ! I have never forgotten seeing this as a kid. What genius acting directing & writing ... Thank you all
Peter in his later years. Gained a bit of weight, but that voice! Often immitated but never duplicaed!
It took him 2 times to light the lighter at breakfast
I never get tired of this episode - - great acting by all, and it has my favorite - Peter Lorre!
Unfamiliar with the movie but Lorre and McQueen drew me in, and it was worth it
The stunning Neile Adams is the only one left of the entire cast. She was 28 years old here and is still with us as of this writing in 2024 (91 years old!) This was directed by Normal Lloyd, a lifelong collaborator of Hitchcock's who also was Producer for this series along with Joan Harrison, another lifelong collaborator of Hitchcock's. Adams also appeared in a later episode in this 5th season, "One Grave Too Many," with Jeremy Slate and a supporting role played by Howard McNear (Floyd the barber in "The Andy Griffith Show.)
Never get tired of Hitch Presents.
My favorite Hitchcock Presents episode.
I've loved noir since I can remember, and Peter Lorre is a Master of his craft. Between that reedy voice with a bit of a lisp - to his appearance, those huge eyes - he is one of a kind, a genius, a legend. My little artist brain (before the '60's), thought he was a toad, like Wind In the Willows.
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My All Time Favorite Episode
Thanks for sharing this classic.
Hitchcock with Lorre, then Steve and his first wife...hot as a firecracker, she could melt you with those eyes..yeowww!!
Having seen Tarantino's "Four Rooms" and Walter Hill's "Tales from the Crypt's" adaptation of this story, this version is so great because you have no idea what's coming. Thank you.
Brilliant, thank you for uploading